Plan Levee to Guard 18 000 Acres
Plan details a $2 850 000 federal levee project to protect 18 000 acres north of Council Bluffs. Arnold Christensen, consulting engineer, outlined costs for embankment drainage outlets and right of way. Board accepts preliminary report. a district hearing will be called with 40 days notice. District likely named for David Rief. Acreage takings total 366 Missouri levee, 153 Honey Creek, 183 Pigeon Creek, 2 296 Missouri borrow.
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Council Bluffs
County Board of Supervisors
Arnold Christensen
Costa
Christensen
City
Council Bluffs Levee
Missouri River
Boyer
Harrison County
Beil
Honey Creek
Pigeon Creek
David Rief
Crescent
U. S. Enginess
Paxton Ranch
U. S
Tony
Sleck
Mervin Knott
Cycle Injuries Fatal to Rudd High Athlete
Charles City report of 17 year old Dean Folkerts of Rudd who died after motorcycle crash injuries near Rudd. He was a standout athlete, named shortstop on the all state high school baseball team and graduated from Rudd High School on May 24. He died about midnight at Cedar Valley hospital after the Monday afternoon incident.
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Charles City
Dean Folkerts
Rudd
Cedar Valley Hospital
Folkerts
Rudd High School
Firestone Announces Tire Price Cuts Across Models
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. said on Tuesday it will reduce tire prices by five to seven percent. The cuts include a five percent drop for the Super Balloon tire and a five to seven percent reduction for De Luxe Champion tires and all regular tubes, with Akron, Colorado as the context.
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Firestone
Akron, CO
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
26 Die in Brazilian Army Plane Crash Near Florianopolis
Reports from Florianopolis say 26 people were killed when a Brazilian army transport plane crashed into a mountain shortly after takeoff from Rio de Janeiro. The disaster occurred Monday, with mountainside wreckage confirmed by authorities.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Florianopolis
Ratify Pact to Avoid World War III
The Senate foreign relations committee urged ratification of the North Atlantic pact as the best way to prevent global conflict. The report warned that failure would have disastrous abroad effects and emphasized sustaining momentum of confidence in Europe.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Europe
JayCees to Check on City Manager in Council Bluffs
The Junior Chamber of Commerce of Council Bluffs discusses city government forms and plans a yearlong review after an executive meeting. JayCee president Jack Bell says a vote by residents could be held if a better system is found. Bell also announced the JayCees sponsor the State Finals for Miss Iowa at Playland Park on August 7-2, with entrants from Storm Lake, Mazon City, and Boone.
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Atlantic City
Rescue Children From Choppy Seas Drama Ends in Drownings
At Balboa California two persons were feared drowned as 14 others mostly children were rescued from choppy seas after a grammar school boating trip to Catalina. The fishing boat Otay carried 23 children and escorts when it was swept on Monday. Survivors described a horror-filled tale as coast guard noted missing Dr Victor Mann of Fullerton and Geraldine Clark a 12 year old from Houston.
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Calif
Catalina Island
Otay
Catalina
Coast Guard
Victor Mann
Fullerton
Geraldine Clark
Houston
Tex
Valencia Junior Academy
Seventh Day Adventist Academy
Crop Outlook Seen Excellent in Iowa After Rain
Iowa crop outlook excellent after recent rains as corn and small grains respond to moisture. Government bulletin for the week ended June notes Iowa corn at 92 percent of normal, with about 8 percent replanted due to cutworm damage in southwestern and south central areas. Soybeans planted around June 4 mirror last year’s pace. first alfalfa cut is 2 percent complete and pastures and meadows are improved. Rainfall through June 3 ranged up to 433 inches at Albia with some surface washing in heavy rainfall zones.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Towa
Albia
Wells Fargo payroll robbery on Columbia University campus
Two armed men robbed Wells Fargo Express payroll funds totaling $19,000 on the Columbia University campus. Two guards were held up Tuesday as the heist unfolded, with authorities launching an investigation into the incident.
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New York
Wells Fargo Express Company
Columbia Universlty
Hickenlooper frames AEC laxity in Lilienthal case
Senator Hickenlooper argues the atomic energy commission is lax in keeping A bomb secrets and may still employ loyalists questioned in past loyalty probes. He hints that gaps in security rules could let spies access vital data, framing what he calls mismanagement against Lilienthal. The Senate House committee remains split on publicly naming affected employees.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
David E. Lillenthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate-House Atomic Committee
AEC
Lilienthal
Senate-House Committee
FBI
Senate House Committee
Commission
Teachers to see moderate salary increases in 1949 50
Iowa State Education Association reported a moderate general pay rise for Iowa teachers in the 1949-50 school year. Survey results show typical increases around 10 and 200 dollars per teacher across four class types with detailed salary ranges for kindergarten through superintendent positions in first and second class cities and rural districts. News from Des Moines and Washington indicates broad spread of new pay scales and administrative salaries.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Education Association
Iowa
Kinder
Barten
Consolidated Schoolse
Townsend
Military Opposes Military Atom Energy Control
Secretary of Defense Johnson said the military establishment does not want control of atomic energy developments. In a letter to Senate atomic committee Chairman McMahon he stated his intent to ensure the military maintains this attitude.
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Washington
Johnson
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate -House Atomic Committee
Injuries Fatal to D C Lovejoy in Nursing Home Fall
Services will be held here Wednesday for D C Lovejoy aged 93 who died Sunday from injuries after a fall from a second story porch at a nursing home Saturday night. The death ends a long residence in the community and prompts memorial arrangements.
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Vinton
D. C Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Army offers 3000 surplus mine detectors to local agencies
The army will supply about 3,000 surplus mine detectors to local law enforcement to aid in searching for criminal evidence. The devices locate buried items including metal, cloth, and even a dog’s bone, and are provided in response to numerous requests from authorities.
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Washington
Army
Army Department
Fido
Plan for Referendum on Crop Controls in Wheat
Washington briefing notes July 23 as the tentative date for a nationwide farmer referendum on rigid production controls for 1950 wheat. Final decision hinges on this year’s crop estimate by the crop reporting board with 1.3 billion bushels as threshold for marketing quotas next year. More than 1.5 million growers eligible. two-thirds approval required.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
Brannan
Department
Crop Reporting Board
Bran- Inan
Senate
Train strikes Chelsea couple at crossing
Mr and Mrs Albert Behounek of Chelsea were killed at 6 45 a m Tuesday when their car was struck by a Chicago and North Western Streamliner at a crossing near Tama county. Chelsea lies southeast Tama county.
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Chelsea
Albert Behounek
Chicago and North Western
Tama County
Promising New Tablet Treatment for Ulcers
ATLANTIC CITY new and distinctly promising tablet therapy for peptic ulcers was reported to the American Medical Association. Tablets contain sodium carboxymethycellulose and a small amount of magnesium oxide and are designed to coat the stomach lining and buffer acidity for extended periods. Doctors S P Bralow and M A Spellberg led the report with colleagues, calling the preparation a valuable addition and noting it is non constipating and supports normal elimination.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Medical Association
S. P. Bralow
Hines Veterans Hospital
Hines, Ill
M. A. Spellberg
University of Illinois School of Medicine
Armamentarium
Missing 47 after Puerto Rico bound plane crashes
A two motor C 46 plane with 75 aboard including five crew crashed in the Atlantic after departing San Juan early Tuesday. 28 survivors were reported by the coast guard and 19 of the passengers were children or infants. One American crewman, Al Cockrell, is missing and feared dead. Most passengers were Puerto Ricans bound for the United States.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
Atlantic
U. S. Coast Guard
al Cockrell
Pittsfield
Mass
Coast Guard
Air Toll 95 for One Day Reflects Plane Crashes
AP reports 95 killed in a 24 hour period from three crashes. A Brazilian army transport crash in southern Brazil killed 26, Greek army general among 22 dead near Athens, and a crash off Puerto Rico left 47 feared dead.
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Associated Press
Nfe
Puerto Rico
Brazil
Greece
Athens
Democratic Leaders Call Mass Meeting on Housing Battle
Washington dispatch reports Democratic house leaders scheduled two mass meetings to rally support for President Truman's housing bill. Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts announced a GOP rally and urged stopping new spending. The bill sits with the House Rules Committee deciding whether to advance or bypass under new procedures.
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Washington
Truman
Martin
Massachusetts
House Rules Committee
Gordon Gray Named Secretary of the Army
President Truman chose Gordon Gray to lead the Army. Gray, then under secretary, has been acting head since Kenneth Royall resigned last month. The nomination was sent to the Senate shortly after the announcement.
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Washington
Truman
Gordon Gray
Army
Gray
Senate
White House
Army Department
Kenneth C. Royall
City approves $600,000 paving and sewer program
City officials authorize about $600,000 for street paving and sewer work to start by July 11 with bids opening June 27. Projects include Fifth Avenue resurfacing, Avenue A paving and storm sewer, and sanitary sewer work between avenues C and D. Completion dates range to January 1950.
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Nels Hansen
Monday Knight
Fifth Avenue
Avenue A
Twenty-fifth Street
Missouri River
Avenues C
George H. Magne II
Ak-Sar- Ben Bridge
Broadway
Thirty-seventh
Forty-first Street
Twenty-sixth
Thirty-first
Truman Asked to Explain Policy on Schevchenko Case
Rep. Velde of the House Un American Activities Committee urged President Truman to explain why Russian agent Andrei Schevchenko was allowed to leave the United States without prosecution. The commission heard testimony that Schevchenko sought wartime jet and aircraft data from Bell Aircraft workers in Buffalo in 1944-45, was given payoffs, and left in 1946 with no arrest. Witnesses named include Joseph J. Franey and Loren G. Haas of Buffalo. Byrnes said he never told officials not to arrest anyone, leaving the matter to the Justice Department and FBI. Velde pressed that policy came from Truman and that the American people deserve an explanation.
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Washington
Rep. Selde
R.T
Truman
Russia
Andrei Schevchenko
Velde
House un-American Activities Committee
Coneer
Tony
Schevchenko
Bubing
Bell Aircraft Company
Buffalo
FBI
Joseph J. Franey
Niagara, Falla, N
Loren G. Haas
Haas
Schevchenk
Byrnes
State Department
James F. Byrnes
Secretary of State
Department of Justice
President Truman
Postwar unemployment hits new high in May
U S May unemployment rose by 273000 to 3 289000, a postwar peak. Census bureau notes seasonals usually lower May figures but this year defied expectations. Farm employment surged 1 154000, while nonfarm jobs fell 279000, leaving an overall net rise of 875000 with more full time positions, though many full timers worked short hours.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Farae- Ing
Perso
Droge Assault Hearing Postponed in County Court
Preliminary hearing for Mrs. Henry F. Droge aged 50 of 140 Woodbury Avenue on an assault with intent to murder charge was postponed. The injured party, Arthur W. Carter aged 71 of 1510 McPherson Avenue, was too ill to attend. A new date will be set later, likely in the first week of July. Defense attorney J. Hess will be out of the city next week.
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Henry F. Droge
Woodbury Avenue
Arthur W. Carter
McPherson Avenue
Droge
Don Jackson
Jackson
J. Hess
Fairfield Citizens Ask Gas Allocation
Fairfield Indiana citizens urge the power commission to allocate natural gas from a Texas to Detroit pipeline under construction. A delegation attended a Monday hearing as the line, about seven miles from Fairfield, may be extended to serve the city.
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Washington
Fairfield
The
Power Commission
Texas
Detroit
Gorvert
Boy Powell Found Dead After Cedar River Swim
The body of Larry Powell, 10, drowned Monday while swimming near the Cedar River dam was recovered Tuesday morning several hundred feet below the dam. Local authorities and rescuers conducted the search and identified the victim as Powell, a resident of Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Larry Powell
Cedar River Dam
Iowa Traffic Deaths Reported Amid Rising Collisions
A June report from the Iowa transport desk lists traffic deaths and accident figures for early June. Details show ongoing collision trends with several fatalities tied to day and night driving conditions across multiple counties. Officials urge commuters to exercise caution and follow safety regulations.
Rent Decontrol Debate in Council Bluffs Officials
The Council Bluffs Board of Realtors urged the city council to set November 1 as the date for lifting rent control in Nebraska. At Tuesday’s meeting the group noted that rent controls would end on that date and vowed to promote fair dealing between landlords and tenants. They also asked Mayor Sparks to form a fair rental practice committee with civic group representation to hear complaints and resolve disputes.
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Council Bluffs Board of Realtors
Nebraska
Board of Realtors
Hanmantel
George B. Sparks
Governor Sets Time for Bruntlett Hanging
Governor Beardsley announced in Des Moines that 6:00 p.m. July Bruntlett will be executed at Fort Madison state penitentiary after a clemency denial. Corlis R. Bruntlett, 51, Council Bluffs, pleaded guilty in Pottawattamie County in February 1948 to first degree murder in the slaying of Percy Smith, a livestock dealer.
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William
Beardsley
Des Moines
Corlis R. Brunt+ Nett
Council Blutis
Bruntlett
Fort Madison State Penitenttery
Pottawattomie
Bruntrett
Devree
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